Community Building Art Works to Receive $130k ArtsHERE Grant

by Rob Haney | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog

Grant Projects Designed to Expand Access to Arts Participation in Communities Nationwide Community Building Art Works (CBAW) is one of 112 organizations nationwide selected to receive an ArtsHERE grant of $130,000 as part of a new pilot program from the National...

A Day of Belonging: An In-Person Community Event (Co-Presented by CBAW & Strathmore)

by Rob Haney | Sep 14, 2024 | Blog, Events

Strathmore and Community Building Art Works Present A DAY OF BELONGING Celebrating the power of the arts as we bring Veterans & civilians from different backgrounds together. Saturday, September 14th, 2024 Registration now open! CBAW’s 2nd Annual community...

Community Building Art Works & Strathmore Present 2nd Annual Day of Belonging

by Sage Herrin | Aug 9, 2024 | Blog

Celebrating the arts and bringing Veterans & civilians from different backgrounds together. September 14, Rockville, MD For Immediate Release – Watch last year’s video on YouTube On Saturday, September 14th, CBAW and Strathmore Foundation will...

Art Saves Lives: Creating Who I Am — by Valerie Acosta

by Art Saves Lives | Jul 30, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

In preparation for this essay, I looked through my collection of half-finished journals. In the neon-colored “Ballerina Bunnies” Lisa Frank notebook that haphazardly documents my teenage life, I found this entry from 1996: I CAN’T SLEEP.  Why has Hypnos condemned me? ...

Art Saves Lives: Writing as Proof by Susanna Sonnenberg

by Art Saves Lives | Jul 1, 2024 | Art Saves Lives, Blog

I know I’m crazy. I try to align events with my body’s tension but can’t remember properly, my racing heart or late-night brain awake with calculations for escape. What if I just walked out, took my body with me? I could wait until my mother and sister are asleep and...